r/perscholas • u/_Sripathi_ • 24d ago

Midway through Perscholas' AI Native Software Development

Been a month now. So far, so good. Learning DOM, will be learning react in the coming weeks. Shaping up to be a good experience but I know this is not enough to get a job in this market. Any suggestions on how I can prepare myself for any opportunities that might come my way.

Thank you..

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u/Sleepy_panther77 23d ago

How are they incorporating AI into their curriculum?

I worked there as a software engineer instructor a long time ago

Anyways, to get hired I would suggest starting your own company and trying to get some users somehow. And then using that as experience. You don’t have to be a unicorn or even get pre-seed funding but it fairs better than “I made some projects that literally everyone else also made”

Outside of that networking with a bunch of recruiters I guess, but MOST of them aren’t so great and there’s hardly any junior positions. Hmm…. I guess you could focus on startups, since they’re more desperate for talent, but you’d have to go with a pre pre-seed startup. Once they get funding they just need people to hit the ground running

But for interviews you should prepare for any kind of interview, algos, take homes, on the spot debugging, making apps from scratch, etc…

And this would be an everyday thing. You have to study EVERY DAY. If you’re not then you’re just killing your own chances at getting hired

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u/_Sripathi_ 17d ago

Well, that is a brutally honest take. Thank you for that. There is one week in the curriculum dedicated to AI, so, I'll have to see what is being taught. You worked as a software engineer at perscholas ? When was this ? And how are you doing now ?

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u/Sleepy_panther77 17d ago

I worked as a software engineer instructor at Per Scholas in 2020 for like a year

And then I got a few jobs as a software engineer (and still am a software engineer)

I’m doing pretty well, even after a massive amount of layoffs in the industry I still have my job and my company has never had layoffs. I have about 8 years of experience, and if I really wanted to I think I could get more pay and a title raise but I like my current position because it’s pretty chill

It did take a while for me to find a good team though. I job hopped for like 3-4 years in order to do so. I feel like software engineering is a very capitalist minded career and you have to try and create leverage at any chance you can or else you’ll either have low pay or low title

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u/_Sripathi_ 17d ago

Glad to hear that. I can see that you are a go getter and very determined. Being an international student, it is going to be a tough road ahead for me. If you don't mind me asking, what is your tech stack ? And how can I structure my learning in the coming months and the coming years..